Coronavirus / China locks down 10 more areas over new COVID-19 cluster linked to food market

China has locked down ten more areas in Beijing over a new COVID-19 cluster linked to a food market. Officials said at a press conference that fresh cases had been found in a second wholesale market in northwestern Haidian district. "The risk of the epidemic spreading is very high," Xu Hejiang, spokesman at the Beijing city government, said.

Hindustan Times : Jun 15, 2020, 02:13 PM
Beijing: China is locking now ten more neighbourhoods in Beijing to try and contain the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a food market, authorities announced Monday.

City official Li Junjie said at a press conference that fresh cases had been found in a second wholesale market in northwestern Haidian district, and as a result, the market and nearby schools would be closed, and people living in ten communities around it placed under lockdown.